I mentioned in my last blog that Trey took a tour managing gig for an artist named Ashlyne Huff, who was opening for Jordin Sparks. (Side note: she is really talented and I would highly suggest her CD). This gig was 8 weeks long, but he would only be on the road for 3 of those weeks. I am what you call a WUSS and I did not want to stay by myself for 3 weeks and 5 days, so Dylan and I hit the road.
Trey took us to Atlanta on the 23rd of June. Ashlyn's first concert was there, so it worked out great-I could stay with my parents and we could also see Trey for another day. The tour officially started midnight of the 24th and they were going to be working their way to Cali and back within those 3 weeks. They had a concert in Dallas and I have tons of family there, so Dylan, my mom and I went to Dallas-we were total roadies :)
On the 26th of June, Dylan road in his first airplane. As my mom puts it, "it could have been better, but it could have been a lot worse"...that basically sums up his first plane ride. We spent 8 days in Dallas and had a blast. We spent almost a full day with Trey on the 28th. The tour bus got to Dallas around 6am and me and my Aunt Leta were there waiting for it when it arrived. Trey got to spend the morning and part of the afternoon with us. That night, Ashlyne had a show, so my mom and Dylan hung out on the bus while the rest of us went to the concert.
(Another side note: I need to give a shout out to my mom. I cannot thank her enough for all that she did for me and Dylan. She was a HUGE help while Trey was gone and I love how close her and Dylan have gotten through this whole process. He definitely loves his grandma!)
After the concert, we had to say goodbye to Trey and we wouldn't see him again for 15 days. That goodbye was hard, but we got to see him again in Kansas City on July 13th.
Dylan had a lot of "firsts" in Texas. Like I said before he had his first plane ride, first solid food (not a big fan), first time in a "big boy" car seat, first concert, first time meeting his cousin Harper, saying dada, sitting up and he can now be laying on his stomach and he will push himself up and sit on his rear. My favorite "first" was him meeting his cousin Harper. My Martin side of the family lives in Austin, TX and they came up for a day to meet Dylan. My cousin Jeri, has a little girl named Harper who is 4 months older than Dylan. I am posting some pics of the photo shoot we did at the park-pretty cute!
After we left Dallas we flew back to Atlanta and hung out for about 5 days. My parents brought me back to Nashville and we hung out there for 2 days before Dylan and I left for Kansas City. I was pretty nervous about my solo trip to KC. My plane left at 6:50am, so my sister was nice enough to take us to the airport. I had woken Dylan up at 4;50 that morning and I was sure he would go right to sleep on the airplane... didn't happen! I boarded the plane early and sat in the second row. I thought for sure people would avoid sitting next to me, since I had a baby, but I had two guys from FSU decide to sit next to me. They turned out to be quite a help. I had pumped a bottle the night before, so on takeoff I fed him the bottle so his ears wouldn't hurt. Once we hit altitude, one of the guys asked if they could hold Dylan. They were really good with him and entertained him up until Dylan spit-up all over one of the guys :) The last ten minutes of the flight were rough. Dylan's ears must of been hurting because he SCREAMED up until we landed. Dylan has quite a loud/deep voice for a baby and when he cries it is very loud. The flight attendants kept coming over and asking me if he was okay. Once we landed and Dylan was better, a flight attendant came up to me and told me she had been worried that Dylan's eardrum had busted, but since he had stopped crying that obviously hadn't happened...Dylan was just ticked and wanted the whole plane to know it :)
We had a great time in KC with Trey. I used to live there a long time ago, but I don't remember it. We spent our time walking around the Plaza, eating BBQ, eating ice cream and hanging out just the three of us. It was a fun trip, but it was hard to leave Trey.
Dylan and I flew home Wednesday and the flight was much better. He cried during take off and then slept the rest of the way. I spent the next four days doing laundry and getting the house in order from being away for so long. Jessica (my sister) spent the night with us most nights, which was a huge help. I feel like Dylan gets tired of just me, so when we have someone else around he seems to be much happier.
Trey came home on the 19th. Dylan and I were in the parking lot waiting 30 minutes before they actually arrived :) Everyone on the tour was super sweet. Ashlyne got off the bus and came right over and gave me a hug and thanked me for sharing Trey with them. She was super sweet and I am glad Trey was around such awesome people while he was away...but Dylan and I are super happy to be with him and we don't plan on sharing him for a while!
I love watching Trey with Dylan. He has always been a daddy's boy and Trey can make him laugh like no other-he has been all smiles since Trey has been home!
I PROMISE to be better with updating this thing. I didn't want to update until all our traveling was done and Trey was home. Thank you all for keeping up with our family. Here are a few pics of our travels!
Dylan and Harper-Happy 4th
The day Trey got home!
